(Reuters) -A data center in Texas that startup Crusoe is building for OpenAI has secured $11.6 billion in funding to expand from two to eight buildings, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The data center -- expected to be the ChatGPT parent's largest -- will use up to 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips per building, according to the report.
The funding, a mix of debt and equity, will increase the total amount secured for the project to $15 billion, the WSJ report said, citing Crusoe.
OpenAI and Crusoe did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
(Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)